#A8A42F#A8A42F

#A8A42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.134 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A42F
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -12.44, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 59.02, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0401 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.134 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9381, 35.0820, 7.8833)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A42F #2F33A8

analogous

#A8682F #A8A42F #6FA82F

triadic

#A8A42F #2FA8A4 #A42FA8

tetradic

#A8A42F #2FA868 #2F33A8 #A82F6F

square

#A8A42F #2FA868 #2F33A8 #A82F6F

split-complementary

#A8A42F #2F6FA8 #682FA8

monochromatic

#484714 #787522 #A8A42F #CCC848 #D9D678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A8A42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A42F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A42F	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.134 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be70',
    500: '#a8a42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a42f;
$custom-light: #c5be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70101,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A42F

secondary

#7174C1

accent

#4DE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A42F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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